I thought I would start a thread (sorry if there is already one like this), for people to share with the world, any pet peeves they might have - regardless of how small it/they might be.

So LBT.... What irks you?... What gets under your skin? Get it off your chest!!!

slapping me upside the head puts me in a rage...odd pet peeve I know.

Who slaps you upside your head? You need to slap them back.

Don't forget "could care less". I don't care what anyone says, that isn't the correct phrase! The correct one is "couldn't care less", because you are trying to say that you literally don't care about something. If you say "could care less", you are saying that you do care.

Amen, sister! I've even seen it put that way in books. Surely if the author writes that poorly, the editor should have caught it?

I've tried correcting people when they say they 'could care less'. I ask how much less and I always get a blank stare. Come on, aren't you listening to what comes out of your mouth? Just because 99% of people say it wrong doesn't mean you have to parrot them!

Good gripe! Not life-threatening, but irritating as he**.

Bill

Oh Green I have four boat neck 3/4 sleeve T's, I've got black, white, chocolate brown and jade green!

Although I like a deep scoop neck personally, whilst I can still get away with it. My chest is even the tiniest bit bony now, and I get a sick pleasure out of that!

Green is green with envy. It looks like she is goin' to have to go to Oz to do her shopping!

Don't forget "could care less". I don't care what anyone says, that isn't the correct phrase! The correct one is "couldn't care less", because you are trying to say that you literally don't care about something. If you say "could care less", you are saying that you do care

Yes, I snap at that one too. When someone says, "I couldn't care less", it's like -- "Cool, then you agree with me!"

Here are some that have come up recently (though maybe I've already mentioned them, can't remember)

Insure is to protect against loss, as in "your policy will insure against damages." Ensure means to make certain of, as in "Please ensure the reports are done by Friday." I constantly see them used in reverse, even in publications.

And I also see references to things that are wreckless - wreckless behavior, wreckless actions, etc. None of things can be "without wreck". It's RECKLESS.

Accept means to take or receive, except means without. You don't except an invitation, and you don't like all vegetables accept broccoli.

And a super biggun for me -- affect vs. effect.

Affect refers to things that act upon something else, things are impacted, e.g. you have a chest cold is affecting your lungs. Affect can also refer to things of an emotional nature, such as the affective domain, or having a flat affect, or an affective response. Affect can also be used similar to "pretend" -- you could affect disgust.

Effect has much broader application -- bringing something about, a consequence, an appearance, etc.

Wars affect everyone, and their destructive effects last for generations.

Here are some that have come up recently (though maybe I've already mentioned them, can't remember)

Insure is to protect against loss, as in "your policy will insure against damages." Ensure means to make certain of, as in "Please ensure the reports are done by Friday." I constantly see them used in reverse, even in publications.

And I also see references to things that are wreckless - wreckless behavior, wreckless actions, etc. None of things can be "without wreck". It's RECKLESS.

Accept means to take or receive, except means without. You don't except an invitation, and you don't like all vegetables accept broccoli.

And a super biggun for me -- affect vs. effect.

Affect refers to things that act upon something else, things are impacted, e.g. you have a chest cold is affecting your lungs. Affect can also refer to things of an emotional nature, such as the affective domain, or having a flat affect, or an affective response. Affect can also be used similar to "pretend" -- you could affect disgust.

Effect has much broader application -- bringing something about, a consequence, an appearance, etc.

Wars affect everyone, and their destructive effects last for generations.

My God, yes. All of these things bug me, too, which is another reason I tend to take over the editing role in group projects. You wouldn't believe some of the crap that people write. I don't want their horrid grammar and spelling to lower my grade. I simply don't want to put my name on something with those mistakes, especially since they are fairly easily caught.

How about judgement? It seems that most people outside the legal industry don't know that there's only one "e" in judgment.

It also irritates me that I can rarely read a news article on the internet without finding a grammatical error. It seems that everyone relies on their Spell Checker. Don't they have editors or proofreaders anymore?

People who jack up their pickup trucks with "Off the Road" springs, shocks and other kits, so that the bumper of the truck is higher than or even with my head while I am sitting in my Camry or my S10 pickup.

These vehicles are deadly to anyone they hit because they will roll right up on top of any normal vehicle.

I have actually seen trucks with signs that say, "Laugh, but I will Live and You will die" and similar writings on them. I have talked with some of the owners and they say they would rather live through an accident and don't care if the other car's occupants die.

There was a law passed about 25 years ago mandating that all cars have the same bumper hight, so that the impact of a crash would be absorbed by the bumpers, but pickup truck are exempt, even though most of the pickup trucks around here are used as cars, not trucks.

Ok here's one that maybe I just don't get, more so than is a peeve... but it could be well on its way... I don't even know what they're called. Poeple here put them on their trucks or jeeps... brightly colored plastic "scrotum" that hang from their tow hitches, boats, etc. I googled "truck balls" and found a picture:

Ok here's one that maybe I just don't get, more so than is a peeve... but it could be well on its way... I don't even know what they're called. Poeple here put them on their trucks or jeeps... brightly colored plastic "scrotum" that hang from their tow hitches, boats, etc. I googled "truck balls" and found a picture:

I wonder if they would get stoned driving through Alabama.

Here are my pet peeves:

I work in a children's hospital. I get so pissed when parents insist on doing EVERYTHING for a child who has NO CHANCE at a meaningful recovery and then when they are left with a severely disabled and brain damaged child, they refuse to take them home. WTF? We gave you the option of not putting your kid through all this and you chose to be SELFISH and now you want him placed in a nursing home or in medical foster care?

I am also disgusted by people who mistreat animals or who give them away because they no longer fit into the family lifestyle. Our dog is a member of our family that we'd be heartbroken without.

WAL-MART...Everytime I go there, I swear I'll never return. Its dirty, there is stuff everywhere in my way, and the lines are out of control. They couldn't care less if you wait for 45 minutes or longer. I swear they have THE WORST customer service I've ever encountered and yet people keep returning there and making them more rich!

Unsupervised children! The other night we were at a furniture store with our two children who were walking politely along next to us and the strangest thing happened. This child skates by us on some heeleys and almost knocks us down. He circles and comes flying back at us again. I look around, expecting to see his parents. There are no adults in sight. So, here is this child of about 6 years old, flying through a store with glass tables and mirrors everywhere on roller shoes. I went off and asked him where on earth his mother was and why she thought it was even remotely appropriate for him to by flying through a furniture store on skates!!!

Beggars...I detest people who solicit. PERIOD! Don't beg me for money for gas to get to Oklahoma, or money for something to eat because you are a vietnam vet (aren't they all? ) or because your church is having a fund raiser and you need to sell 100 candy bars by next week!!! If I wanted to buy candy, I'd buy it in the Wal-Mart. But, I'm walking in and I see your table and if I wanted anything you were selling, I'd come to you. I don't need you to shout, "Excuse me, Mam, wanna buy some candy for a great cause?" . Don't call my house and keep talking after I tell you I'm not interested or worse argue with me when I say I'm not interested.

Did I mention that I HATE those heeleys?

I hate it when companies help to bastardize the language in order to get a one-up on the competition.

Example: I go into a fast food place and ask for a Medium coffee. They give me a very small cup. I ask them what the small cup looks like and they tell me that they do not carry small.

"So this is your small cup" I say.

"No it is medium."

"Is this the smallest cup that you have?"

"Yes, but it is medium."

"Do you know what the word 'medium' means?"

"Yes. The size of this cup."

"No, it means something in the middle. This cup can not be a medium if there is nothing smaller."

Many years ago, when I was about 10 or 11, my mother sent me to the drugstore on our block and told me to buy a "Large" tube of toothpaste (I believe Pepsodent, but it is not important). I came back with a very small tube. Back in those days (mid 1950's) the companies were on a kick similar to the coffee cup story I just related, so that brand of toothpaste came in Large, Giant size and Family size, but how was I a child or my mother to know that small and medium were nonexistent?

When I was 22, I took a part time job in an auto parts store to help pay for the birth of my son, which was not covered by my medical plan because I had only been working as an aircraft mechanic for 5 months when he was born. My best friend used to drag race cars at the drag-strip and he had been having a run of bad luck (he thought). He had blown his 327 Chevy engine 3 weeks in a row and he had to rebuild the engine each week.

He had been going into the auto parts store where I just started working each week and asking the older man who worked there for "Heavy Duty" rod and main bearings for a 1964 327 Chevy engine. When he came in this time he asked me for the same thing. When I looked it up in the catalog, I found that "Heavy Duty" was the cheapest bearings that the company made. The description was: "Heavy Duty"; an economical grade just below OEM (manufacturer's specifications). The bearings were listed as "Heavy Duty", OEM, Quality and Clevite (Racing quality) in order of ascending quality.

What is wrong with the terms small, medium and large?

Why is "Heavy Duty" actually the lowest quality.

How about judgement? It seems that most people outside the legal industry don't know that there's only one "e" in judgment.

Not true. Judgement can be spelled with or w/out the first e. The Brits do it all the time. Here's what the Brittanica has to say: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9044086/judgment :speechles

I wonder if they would get stoned driving through Alabama.

Hey, we have funny bones here too...frankly, I'm ROTFLMAO right now! :biggrin1:

Not true. Judgement can be spelled with or w/out the first e. The Brits do it all the time. Here's what the Brittanica has to say: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9044086/judgment :speechles

In the American legal system, "judgement" is unacceptable. It's kind of the same as "all right" and "alright." If I put "judgement" and "alright" in a brief, I would not be making a good impression on the judge.

Ok here's one that maybe I just don't get, more so than is a peeve... but it could be well on its way... I don't even know what they're called. Poeple here put them on their trucks or jeeps... brightly colored plastic "scrotum" that hang from their tow hitches, boats, etc. I googled "truck balls" and found a picture:

I actually just saw a pair here in Kentucky for the first time. Stainless steel. Nearly blinded me because of the way it swung.